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A TRIBUTE ON RESPECT
TO THE MEMORY OF
MRS. REBECCA C. HART,
DELIVERED BY
REV. S. MORAIS
AT HER FUNERAL
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It is my eager wish that the memory of Rebecca Hart be associated here-
after, in the community of Philadelphia, with the joyous past in her existence,
and not with the melancholy present. The dear being, now departed, will then
stand in the minds of the youngest among her survivors in the character she
so beautifully manifested; in the character which I saw her act nobly for a
quarter of a century, and in which others had seen her a full score of years
before; I mean in the character of a woman, unwearied in her useful activity,
bestowing, without stint, her time and her means on undertakings of social ad-
vantage; of a woman who keenly enjoyed the pleasures of life, because she felt
that her kindness brought cupfulls of pleasure to many, that thirsted for earthly
blessings; of a woman who governed a house which might have borne com-
parison with that which rendered the father of the Hebrew people famous
in all generations, for the display of generous hospitality;-the stranger
finding in her parlor a hearty welcome, at her table a repast seasoned with
the sweetest condiment—a friendly smile; of a woman who took delight in
encouraging piety, by occupying a seat seldom left vacant in the dwelling of
prayer, and performing her devotions with evident earnestness. It is in the
aroma of womanly goodness, which the demeanor of Rebecca Hart diffused,
that I desire to have her memory embalmed.
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